Retail sales in Brazil went down 1.3 percent month-over-month in September of 2018, after an upwardly revised 2 percent rise in August and worse than market expectations of a 0.2 percent drop. It was the largest decrease in retail sales since March 2017. Sales fell for: fuels & lubricants (-2.0%); hypermarkets, supermarkets, food products, beverages & tobacco (-1.2%); other products for domestic or personal use and books, newspapers, magazines & stationery (both -1.0%); pharmaceutical & cosmetic products (-0.4%) and equipment and materials for office (-0.2%). Conversely, gains in retail sales were recorded for furniture & appliances (2.0%) and fabrics, clothing & footwear (0.6%). In Q3, retail trade showed no growth compared to the second quarter of the year. Year-on-year, retail trade went up 0.1 percent, compared to a downwardly revised 4.0 percent gain in August and market consensus of a 1.6 percent rise. In Q3 2018, retail sales grew 1.0 percent over a year ago. Retail Sales MoM in Brazil averaged 0.29 percent from 2000 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 4.10 percent in January of 2017 and a record low of -2.60 percent in January of 2016.

Brazil Retail Sales MoM
width
height
 Preview
Trading Economics members can view, download and compare data from nearly 200 countries, including more than 20 million economic indicators, exchange rates, government bond yields, stock indexes and commodity prices.

The Trading Economics Application Programming Interface (API) provides direct access to our data. It allows API clients to download millions of rows of historical data, to query our real-time economic calendar, subscribe to updates and receive quotes for currencies, commodities, stocks and bonds.

API Features Documentation Interested? Click here to contact us

Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2018-09-13 12:00 PM Retail Sales MoM -0.5% -0.4% 0.3% -0.2%
2018-10-11 12:00 PM Retail Sales MoM 1.3% -0.1% 0.3% -0.3%
2018-11-13 11:00 AM Retail Sales MoM -1.3% 2% -0.2% 0.4%
2018-12-13 11:00 AM Retail Sales MoM -1.3% -0.3%


Brazil Consumer Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Consumer Confidence 110.60 105.90 120.70 89.41 Index Points [+]
Retail Sales MoM -1.30 2.00 4.10 -2.60 percent [+]
Retail Sales YoY 0.10 4.00 15.70 -11.40 percent [+]
Consumer Spending 1063420.89 1046310.74 1089471.43 125685.05 BRL Million [+]
Private Sector Credit 2946966.00 2931574.00 2958261.00 0.00 BRL Million [+]
Consumer Credit 1728103.00 1720529.00 1728103.00 0.00 BRL Million [+]
Bank Lending Rate 52.17 51.80 254.28 39.12 percent [+]
Households Debt To GDP 24.60 24.70 27.60 9.20 percent of GDP [+]
Gasoline Prices 1.27 1.16 1.58 0.53 USD/Liter [+]


Brazil Retail Sales MoM

In Brazil, the Retail sales report provides an aggregated measure of sales of retail goods and services over a specific time period. In Brazil, Retail sales are seasonal, volatile and relatively important to the overall economy. This page provides - Brazil Retail Sales MoM - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Brazil Retail Sales MoM - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-1.30 2.00 4.10 -2.60 2000 - 2018 percent Monthly




Related
Latest